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Earls Court, London.

GV. Musical drive by the King's troop RHA in progress. SV. As they come past camera. LV. As they cross in the middle of arena. LV. Soldiers of the Pakistan Frontier Constabulary marching in the arena, & SV. GV. They fire rifles. GV. Massed bands and bugles of the light infantry brigade marching and playing, & SV. & LV. GV. High angle shot, massed band marching. LV. The Pakistan Frontier Constabulary performing Khattak dancing, & SV. The dancers shaking their heads. LV. The whole group dancing in circle. SV. Pan, group dancing in circle. LV. The troop march off. They all fire their rifles into the air. SV. The royal air force PT instructors somersaulting over high horse. LV. As the men leap over another horse three at a time. SV. As they come over high horse diving one at a time. GV. The men come over high horses onto trampoline. Over another horse onto trampoline and over final horse. SV. The men diving over the last horse. GV. The men jumping over horses and trampolines.

10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.